June: Connect: Social and community news
The IEMA community's news for June.
Employability Skills Webinar
As May usually brings many students and soon-to-be graduates into the profession, IEMA Futures hosted an Employability Skills Webinar on 5 May.
This was designed to give support and advice to those who are entering the profession and looking for suggestions and opportunities on how to get a foot in the environment and sustainability working world. IEMA Futures' Kirsty Peck, Simone Codrington and Beccy Wilson joined Dan Bond of Acre for a careers discussion, with some top tips for preparing a great CV and navigating the graduate and entry level recruitment process:
- Keep your CV punchy and focused on the role, and use your experiences to give context to any key skills listed
- Keep your LinkedIn profile up to date – many employers will look at these during the application process
- Get involved – show enthusiasm by applying for industry volunteering opportunities and attending networking events
- Focus on applying for roles that suit your ability – but also apply to some that do not, as you may still be the best candidate for the job!
Remember that industry experience is important, but skills can also be demonstrated through other roles such as sports captain, part-time work and mentoring schemes.
The recording of the webinar can be found at: iema.net/event-reports
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This was @iemanet's 1st webinar with all panellists on video! And in a poll, 80% of delegates said they had 'learnt lessons during Covid-19 about how they work that they will be able to use afterwards'. When this is all over, work & webinars many never be quite the same again...
@MarekBidwell
@penny_walker_sd discusses the value of holding virtual coffee mornings with other #environment and #sustainability professionals during #COVID19 and shares tips on #remoteworking, #elearning resources & keeping sustainability a priority. bit.ly/3eZxiLn
@IEMANET
Thanks Marek for organising the latest GreenThinkers meeting online. So pleased you have adapted and continued! I really enjoyed this new format and the debate was interesting and informative as always.
@Anna_LisaMills Replying to @MarekBidwell @Costingtheearth
Transform articles
Investment consultants launch net-zero initiative
A group of 12 leading investment consultancy firms, which advise organisations managing around $10trn (7.3trn) in assets, have launched a new initiative to help deliver net-zero emissions by 2050.
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published a new 'Green Claims Code' to ensure businesses are not misleading consumers about their environmental credentials.
The UK government has been “too city-focused” in its climate action and must provide more funding and support to reduce emissions in rural areas, the County Councils Network (CCN) has said.
In 2020, amid the global crisis created by the COVID-19 pandemic, we saw numerous cross-sector collaborations involving tech companies, aiming to create smart solutions that would amplify positive environmental and social impacts across sectors and organisations – for example in online healthcare or mRNA vaccine platform technology. This led the public health crisis to be referred to as “the digital accelerant of the decade” by US cloud communications platform Twilio.
The UK's largest defined benefit (DB) pension schemes have received a letter from the Make My Money Matter campaign urging them to set net-zero emission targets ahead of the COP26 climate summit later this year.
New jobs that help drive the UK towards net-zero emissions are set to offer salaries that are almost one-third higher than those in carbon-intensive industries, research suggests.
The majority of UK consumers are willing to compromise on online purchases and delivery demands if it creates a more sustainable environment, new research suggests.
The UK government's investment plans for green jobs lag far behind those of most G7 countries, potentially undermining its net-zero emissions target, the Trades Union Congress (TUC) has warned.
